Issue of Equity

Genus PLC
19 July 2005


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                             19 July 2005

                                   GENUS PLC

                   Issue of Equity to Employee Benefit Trust

Genus plc, the World leading Bovine Genetics Company, announces that application
has been made today for the admission to trading on AIM of 216,700 ordinary
shares of 10p each ('ordinary shares'). The ordinary shares have been issued to
the Genus plc Employee Benefit Trust at nominal value in connection with the
conditional share awards granted on 7 June 2005. These awards have performance
conditions which relate to growth in earnings per share over a three year period
and which trigger vesting on an incremental basis. As previously announced on 8
June 2005, of these share awards, 67,700 and 49,500 were made to Richard Wood,
Chief Executive and to Mr David Timmins, Group Finance Director, respectively.

The new ordinary shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing
share capital of the Company.

Trading of the new ordinary shares will commence on 25 July 2005.


For further information please contact:

Genus plc
Edwin White, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee           01256 347100

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Fred Ward                                                     020 7003 3117



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